Design and Characterization of the Next Generation Nanowire Amplifiers

Table 1

Postlayout characteristics of the differential pair amplifier.

Supply voltage	1.8 V
Maximum output linear signal swing	0.5 V
Input DC voltage level	0.6 V
Voltage gain (at 1 GHz)	16
Phase margin	>90^°
Unity voltage gain cutoff frequency	5.1 THz
Third-order intermodulation distortion (10 mV two-tone signals with 1 GHz spacing)	−24 dBm
Second-order harmonic distortion	−40 dBm
Third-order harmonic distortion	−52 dBm
Total harmonic distortion	3%
Load capacitor	20 aF
Power dissipation	5 𝜇W
Area	136 nm × 190 nm